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It’s not too late to get with the “seasonal” fashion program. And here at Joseph Schubach Jewelers, we can take any of these pieces and custom design a piece so it becomes distinctly your own, especially since many of these trends have a warm, personal side built right in. Take a look:

Bangles and Cuffs – Stacked bangles, cuffs and bracelets continue to be the strongest of all accessory trends. Broad solid cuffs and layered stone bangles are hot! Mix materials – yarn with leather, plastic with metal and glass and watch your style quotient go zoom. This is a very adaptable trend and inexpensive too.  Pick up some glass or plastic bangles from the roadside and pair them with a broad metal piece from your closet – but for the trend to work this season remember to keep all our cuffs/bracelets in the same or coordinating colours.

Leather & Lace – Internationally both leather and lace are big trends in clothing and that has reached the accessory segment as well. Dainty laser cut leather that looks like lace and leather cords or lace ribbons with crystals as bracelets and necklaces are getting really popular.

Bold Chain Necklaces – From high end to faux jewels, big and bold chain necklaces are so very in. Heavy bag handle chains like have become necklaces. Chains with Pendants, adorned links and heavy metals are great ways to make a statement in silver, gold, rose or oxidized metals.

Super Chunky Rings: Statement making rings in metal, acrylic, fabric, stones and leather are the in things now. Bigger the better is the mantra here. But if you are not comfortable wearing huge rings or have very dainty fingers then try the stacked ring trend. Stack together 2 or 3 thin beaded or metal rings on the same finger to create this look.

Chandelier earrings: These never go out of fashion but this year the chandelier earring got even bigger and funkier. Cut to our TV serials if you need further proof. Light weight glass beads, pieces of chains hung together from a loop make a great statement. I recommend that you purchase items that are created with light weight materials, this way they will not be to heavy on the ear.

Layers of pearls: You can either wear multiple layers of pearls (different lengths) or go for a twisted multi strand pearl necklace or bracelet that is combined with other materials like ribbons or chain. It is very luxurious and looks fabulous.

Fabric Jewelry: Rise in expenses has really brought back this trend. Usage of fabric, yarn and fibre scraps combined with crystals and beds is really hot now.

Source: Sulekha.com

Layer these amazingly affordable freshwater pearls:

Single Strand Freshwater Cultured Pearls – 8.5mm – 11.5mm Single strand freshwater cultured pearls, 17″ with 14kt yellow gold clasp. 8.5mm-9.5mm: Now $299 9.5mm-10.5mm: Now $399 10.5mm-11.5mm: Now $499

Right about this time of year, people are groaning about the holidays. Many are already feeling an economic pinch (or stranglehold) so buying gifts only adds to the existing financial burden. Unless you’re rich. Apparently, according to a recent poll, they are the ones who plan on spending more this holiday season.

The Survey of Affluence and Wealth in America, released annually by Harrison Group and American Express Publishing, found that those at the very top of the income spectrum, with discretionary incomes of $250,000 or more, plan to spend an average of 7 percent more on holiday gifts.

However, those with discretionary incomes in the $100,000 to $250,000 range said their holiday spending budgets will be 17 percent lower than in 2010.

As for non-affluent consumers, with incomes below $100,000, some 28 percent said they expect to spend less on gifts than they did in 2010.

Overall, some 57 percent of affluent consumers say they are looking to buy fewer gifts this holiday season, with the number one reason being “they have too much stuff.” In 2010, the no. 1 response to this question was they were “worried about the economy.”

The survey also found that 36 percent of wives would like jewelry as a holiday gift, while only 27 percent of husbands plan on giving gifts in this category. Source: JCK Magazine

Style 10044 Round Pave Stone Heart Pendant   Heart pendant and bail with approximately 1 2/5ct t.w. round brilliant pave’ stones, comes with an 18″ cable chain. Style 7064M Antique Style Filigree Moissanite Bracelet Antique style filigree bracelet with Charles and Colvard created moissanite. 3/16″ wide and the standard 7″ long. Available Total Weight: 3.60ct t.w.

Royal Asscher Diamond Company is thrilled to announce that Harrods, London’s famed luxury department store, will be selling the Stars of Africa floating diamonds collection. The collection will debut on Saturday, October 8^{th .}

Harrods will have the largest collection of Stars of Africa jewelry in the UK, including the limited editions with pink diamonds and the Royal Stars with orange diamonds, which are a tribute to the Royal Dutch family for the extension of the Royal title earlier this year.

Launched in 2009, this beautiful and innovative collection (comprised of rings, earrings, pendants and cufflinks) consist of diamonds encased within fluid-filled sapphire domes, which allow the diamonds to float freely like snowflakes in a snow globe. The result is cascading diamonds that emit light, fire and beauty, which creates a truly  mesmerizing effect.

The Stars of Africa collection has more than just aesthetic appeal: The collection benefits Royal Asscher’s Africa-focused fundraising initiative, Stars of Africa. This philanthropic initiative aims to improve infrastructure in Africa by generating funding for healthcare, education and self sufficiency programs. As a family and as a company, the Asschers have a strong collective social conscience and an inherited love of the undeniable beauty of diamonds. Royal Asscher considers it to be of paramount importance that diamonds not only bring happiness to the wearer, but also to everyone involved in the diamond supply chain.

Mike Asscher says: “The world’s most famous luxury department store is a perfect fit and we are very proud that the Stars of Africa Collection is now being sold within the vicinity of the true Star of Africa: the Cullinan diamond.”

Royal Asscher is renowned for its unique heritage and history, which includes cleaving the world’s largest rough diamond in 1908, the Cullinan, presently housed in Great Britain’s Crown Jewels. Royal visitors to the Amsterdam based company include Japan’s Emperor Hirohito, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.

Source: The Daily Jewel

We’re firm believers in trying on a ring at our showroom in Scottsdale. All you have to do is make an appointment and you have our full attention. We’re located on Camelback Road and can be reached at (888) 724-8222.Conversely, we’ll make your online buying experience as personal as possible.

Interestingly this company provides a virtual ring wearing experience. Hmmm…still can’t beat our showroom, where the rings and the people are real!

On Oct. 3, Forevermark launched My Forevermark Fitting—a virtual try-on experience that features jewelry with Forevermark diamonds sparkling and moving with the wearer’s finger in real time.

Consumers—using a webcam and the special Forevermark cut-outs—can select from 12 pieces including ear studs, a contemporary princess-cut solitaire ring, and a rare pear-cut diamond pendant. Users will also be able to choose the carat weight of the diamond rings.

Forevermark worked in partnership with the creative agency AKQA and Holition, a company that specializes in augmented reality, to create the program.

Yes, we talk about all sorts of different gems here. From gemesis to moissanite, from sapphires to rubies, the stars don them all. But of course, the popularity contest is trumped by one consistent winner: diamonds. Award ceremonies and diamonds have a long history. But here’s a quick walk down the red carpet of some recent diamond encounters:

Sarah Hyland (below), an actress on ABC’s series Modern Family, wore Diamond in the Rough Sodwana diamond earrings ($16,500) and Orielle bracelet ($85,000) to a viewing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 at the Lincoln Center in New York City.

Singer Colbie Caillat (below) wore a Bavna silver diamond bangle ($600) during her performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Burbank, California.

Actress Olivia Munn wore a diamond, coral and 14-karat gold cocktail ring (below) by Neil Lane to a premiere of the new movie, Our Idiot Brother. The ring retails for $5,000.

Actress Jaime Pressly (below) wore Sutra’s 18-karat gold, 4-tier natural brown rough cut diamond earrings ($20,000) to the 10th annual InStyle Summer Soiree this month in Hollywood.

Check out more amazing photos at 10x!

Jewelry and hair have long gone together. Think Cleopatra or the Queens of England. Or closer to home, sparkling barrettes or gem-studded clip-ons. This designer goes one step further. Hair is part of the jewelry (again a concept that has been around since people placed a lock of hair in a pendant or locket.

PARIS — Curly wigs of orange, royal blue or butter yellow curls — as if in some mad movie — acted as nests for jewelry as the indefatigable and imaginative Delfina Delettrez introduced her latest collection: “Love Is in the Hair.”

(A piece from “Love Is in the Hair,” a new jewelry collection by Delfina Delettrez.)

The name was not just taken at random. The concept of the designer is to encase the hair of loved ones, as was done in the Victorian era, but in a heart-shaped in transparent resin rather than in a locket or brooch. Her daughter’s hair and a lock of the designer’s own tresses became wearable memory sticks, filled with fantasy.

“I wanted to return to the origin of jewels,” said the designer. “And I have always been obsessed with hair — especially men’s, when the larger the hair, the greater the power.”

Ms. Delettrez also played with rings, dangling a miniscule pink-silver purse on one finger, claiming, “It’s good for parties,” and creating an animalistic ring that slips over two fingers, leaving the leopard free to move his tail across the hand.

Source: New York Times

Delfina Delettrez Fendi